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    Everything She Didn't Say
    Everything She Didn't Say
    Everything She Didn't Say
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    Everything She Didn't Say

    Written by Jane Kirkpatrick

    Narrated by Christina Moore

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    In 1911, Carrie Strahorn wrote a memoir entitled Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage, which shared some of the most exciting events of 25 years of traveling and shaping the American West with her husband, Robert Strahorn, a railroad promoter, investor, and writer. That is all fact. Everything She Didn't Say imagines Carrie nearly ten years later as she decides to write down what was really on her mind during those adventurous nomadic years. Certain that her husband will not read it, and in fact that it will only be found after her death, Carrie is finally willing to explore the lessons she learned along the way, including the danger a woman faces of losing herself within a relationship with a strong-willed man and the courage it takes to accept her own God-given worth apart from him. Carrie discovers that wealth doesn't insulate a soul from pain and disappointment, family is essential, pioneering is a challenge, and western landscapes are both demanding and nourishing. Most of all, she discovers that home can be found, even in a rootless life. With a deft hand, New York Times bestselling author Jane Kirkpatrick draws out the emotions of living--the laughter and pain, the love and loss--to give readers a window not only into the past, but into their own conflicted hearts. Based on a true story.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateSep 4, 2018
    ISBN9781980003076
    Author

    Jane Kirkpatrick

    Jane Kirkpatrick is the author of twenty books and is a two-time winner of the WILLA Literary Award. Her first novel, A Sweetness to the Soul, won the Western Heritage Wrangler Award, an honor given to writers such as Barbara Kingsolver and Larry McMurtry. For twenty-six years she "homesteaded" with her husband Jerry on a remote ranch in Eastern Oregon.  She now lives with Jerry, and her two dogs and one cat on small acreage in Central Oregon while she savors the value of friendship over fame.

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    • 4/5
      I love that Jane Kirkpatrick highlights the lives of historical women and the stories they could tell. In Everything She Didn’t Say, she features pioneer woman Carrie Strahorn, and the depiction of her life proves eye-opening.Carrie spends years traveling with her husband Robert, a writer working with the railroad to encourage people to move to the West, and it is no easy, leisurely life. She faces a number of challenges, including simply being a woman in the West and dealing with unfulfilled desires. Her story fluctuates between joys, woes, and the lessons she learns amidst them and comes alive with Kirkpatrick’s skilled writing.Everything She Didn’t Say is a well-researched, intriguing peek into life in the West. It held me fascinated from beginning to end, and I enjoyed it—and I’m sure that other fans of historical fiction will, too.Thanks to Revell Reads, I received a complimentary copy of Everything She Didn’t Say and the opportunity to provide an honest review. I was not required to write a positive review, and all the opinions I have expressed are my own.
    • 4/5
      I received this book for free from the publisher (Revell Books) in exchange for an honest review. This book provided a fascinating glimpse into the real life of Carrie Strahorn, a famous pioneer woman. Prior to reading this book, I had never even heard of her. I loved how the book focused on the things Carrie didn’t say in her memoir. It gave a nuanced portrayal of the actuality and hardships of being a pioneer, as well as just being a woman during her time. I also liked how it explored her complicated relationship with her husband. It showed both the ups and downs of their marriage. The author did a tremendous amount of research and it really showed throughout the book. The book is rich in details and in facts. There is even an author’s note at the end, explaining what was fact and what was fiction. This book is published by a Christian publisher so there is a Christian element to it, but it’s very subtle and well done. My one critique is that the story dragged a bit in the middle since it was just Carrie and her husband constantly traveling. I got a little lost in it. Once they got settled down in a town the book picked up again. Overall, I really enjoyed learning about Carrie and the author did an amazing job portraying her life.
    • 5/5
      I love reading historic fiction, and Jane Kirkpatrick's blends facts with fiction to bring the story and the characters to life! She took the memoir of Carrie Strahorn, and created a story about her life in the early west that is just amazing!. Those were very courageous and strong women who helped our country expand! It also shows that although your life may not turn out in the way you expected, it can still be remarkable! If you enjoyed this book, be sure to check out some of Jane's other historic fiction....you won't be sorry!
    • 5/5
      I love how Jane Kirkpatrick can take a diary or memoir and fill in to make a person seem so real. She does it so well here. I loved Carrie. I wasn’t always thrilled with her husband who seems a bit conceited. She has an interesting life. I don’t know if I would have done many of the things that she did. She was a very brave woman. I received a copy of this book from Revell for a fair and honest opinion that I gave of my own free will.
    • 5/5
      The author made me feel like I was sitting in the same room with Carrie/Dell, and I was traveling and experiencing amazing new frontiers, traveling by stage and being in Indian War country.Carrie became a friend and loved that the whole book is mainly fact, wow, makes everything so very real, and I felt the pain that she was never really given her heart’s desire.While Carrie stayed by choice in her husband’s shadow, she sure accomplished a lot on her own, and helping build her church seemed to be one of her cherished achievements.A really compelling read, filled with history and strong pioneers who helped build the western part of this country. The author did a great job of telling Carrie Strahorn’s story!I received this book through Revell Publishing, and was not required to give a positive review.
    • 5/5
      Will Rogers said he never meet a man he didn’t like, well I never read a Jane Kirkpatrick book I didn’t like! Her books always draw me in because they are about real people and history. She never ceases to amaze me how she fleshes out the historical facts she has with emotions and details to make the reader feel like they are living actual events. She has introduced me to so many women that played important roles in the past that I have never heard of. Carrie Strahorn lived an exciting and adventurous life that few women in her time had the opportunity to experience. When she married Robert Strahorn she believed her dreams would be fulfilled; children, a home, being a homemaker and entertaining friends and family as her mother had. After her the vows her said, she quickly found her life would be nothing like this. In fact it would be totally the opposite. Her husband Robert Strahorn was a writer for the railroad, creating detailed pamphlets to attract people to move west and settle with the purpose of creating communities and towns where the railroad would eventually travel through. To say this was a passion of his is an understatement. Travel almost constant travel by train, stage coach, and ship spanned a period of 45 years. There were not the comforts and amenities we have now not to mention how rough, dangerous, exhausting those modes of travel were. I don’t know how she survived. A long car trip does me in! I loved the part where they rode and cow catcher on the front of the train for a thrill; hilarious but frightening! I greatly admired her dedication and commitment to her marriage. It was far from perfect, but she chose to be the best wife she could and turn to the Lord to deal with her many hurts and struggles. Ms. Strahorn wrote a memoir, Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage. There are excerpts from this book at the end of each chapter. I am looking forward to reading this book also and of course the next one Ms. Kirkpatrick writes! I received this book from Revell Publishing in exchange for an honest review. The opinions I have stated are my own.
    • 1/5
      This is the third book I have read from this author. My track record is not that good. I think I will not be reading another book from this author. Which is a shame as I keep finding myself drawn to this author's books due to the time periods and the premises. The author has no problems with transporting me to the specific time periods that she writes about. What I struggle with are the characters. No matter how much I try and hope, I can't seem to find that emotional connection to them. Additionally, with this book, it moved slowly. Also, the way it was laid out did not work for me. There was the story and than there was Robert's memoir. Passages from his book were featured without this book. It did not flow. For me, it was stop and go; which made reading this book clunky. Overall, this book was not me cup of tea.
    • 3/5
      This was an interesting book that made me want to know more about Robert and Carrie Strahorn. However, it felt very disjointed...like I was reading bits of a memoir, but not. I can't describe the way this book was written. It was interesting as I had never heard of the Strahorns and they did indeed live a very interesting life traveling throughout the West and raising funds and towns in order to build up the booming railroad expansion of the 1880s-90s. I think I might have like this book better if it were written as a novel, rather than a the way it was formatted. Their lives would make a great historical fiction series! They had a lot of great adventures and misadventures! Just the format of the book was tough for me to get into.
    • 4/5
      Carrie Adell Strahorn, the main character in this novel, is based upon a real person of the same name. I had not heard of her before, and I thoroughly enjoyed learning about this courageous lady. Her memoir is Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage, and I just might have to get a copy. Carrie was married to Robert Strahorn, who went ahead of the Union Pacific Railway, writing pieces to encourage people to settle in the West, often letting them hope the railroad would come through a town, and those investing in it would make certain money, although Robert didn't have the power to determine the location of the rails. Carrie wrote pieces also which were sometimes published under a pseudonym in papers. She gave people more of an idea of what life was really like in the untamed West, rather than just the facts and figures of her husband's writings. My only complaint about this book is that there is more about Carrie's feelings and less about what actually happened. Perhaps there is a copyright issue in there somewhere; I am not sure. Incidents that would have made for good story telling are relegated to little more than an aside comment, leaving me wanting to know more about a creek crossing, or meeting a band of Indians, for example. It's interesting to think of people brave enough to leave the comforts they know to strike out in a wild, virtually unknown place. **This book was sent to me through LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program in exchange for an honest review.**
    • 4/5
      This novel spans a number of years, starting in 1877 and follows Carrie "Dell" and Robert Strahorn as they travel back and forth across the American West. Robert writes pamphlets for the Union Pacific Railroad - working to make people want to move west. He later begins starting towns with the hopes that the railroad will lay a trail through. While Robert works, Dell edits for him and wonders what her purpose is. She married this man who is full of ambition, yet what does she contribute?Told from Dell's point of view, the reader is treated to her inner thoughts about her husband, herself, her fears, her desires, and her worries. Her sisters back in Illinois are her only friends since she travels so much and never stays long enough to build relationships.The book is well-written and keeps the reader interested.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this book more than I thought I would! It's well written and well researched. It also has an intriguing storyline and characters. If you like History (or romance) you'll love this! 4 out of 5 stars.
    • 3/5
      This disappointing novel tells the story of Carrie "Dell" Strahorn from 1877-1911. When her best friend dies, she marries her fiance with the hope of having a home of her own and raising a family. However, her husband, Robert, works for Union Pacific Railroad writing books describing the American West in ways to entice settlers to move with the hope of bringing the railroad and properity to their new towns. As Dell matures, the adventures of following her husband through the wilderness fail to fulfill her dreams. Combined with his speculative investments, which sometimes failed, and his disregard for her desire to be a mother, her marriage becomes strained; and they separate for awhile. Only as she writes her memoir, does she grow closer to Robert again.Unfortunately, there is too much telling and not enough showing to make this story based upon a real woman and her life work. The author fails to actually bring Carrie to life. Some events are alluded to, but they are never described; a lot of the book reads more like a biography than a novel. Covering nearly 50 years,there is simply too much material for 300 pages.
    • 5/5
      In EVERYTHING SHE DIDN'T SAY, Jane Kirkpatrick uses the writings and history of Carrie Strahorn and creates a wonderful glimpse into Carrie's life as she follows her wanderlust husband through the great American West. There is a "sticky note" at the beginning of each chapter, that gives Carrie's thoughts on the changes in her life. She doesn't always agree with her husband's traveling, investing and setting up towns.Robert Strahorn, Carrie's husband, only married Carrie Adele Green Strahorn, after his darling Carrie (Carrie Adele's college roommate) succumbed to a sickness, when he and the first Carrie were engaged. He claims that he can't bear to call Carrie Adele, by her first name, so he calls her "Dell" a shortened version of Carrie's first name. Thus, starts off their long marriage.Robert is an author of books for railroads, exciting travel brochures to entice more people from the East to purchase more train tickets to settle the West.Carrie tells all about her life, babies they didn't have, couldn't take or wouldn't take. It is an interesting and at times exciting book.I received a complimentary copy from LibraryThing. I was under no obligation to write a review.
    • 4/5
      The gorgeous cover art of Everything She Didn’t Say already pulled me in, but the setting lulled me in as well, but the memoir-style writing kept me from becoming fully immersed.I’m glad times have changed since the days of the dust bowl. The primary roles in marriage are much the same, but the preparation going into matrimony has grown. Overall, I enjoyed this stand-by-your-man story, and experienced a host of emotions as I read it. I rooted for Carrie, sympathized with her struggles, and admired her growth and perseverance. I received a complimentary copy of this book from the LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
    • 5/5
      Everything She Didn’t SayAlthough I was expecting more of a “romance” from the cover, and it took a bit to adjust to the memoir style, I enjoyed Kirkpatrick’s Everything She Didn’t Say. The romance came more from how Dell, the main female character, learned to love her eccentric, distracting, self-absorbed husband.She follows her husband as he travels and writes books and pamphlets to encourage migration to the West. She struggles as her husband often leaves her for some investment while she follows by stage, train, wagon and horse in areas only travelled by men.Dell longs to settle somewhere and have a family.Her husband writes in a scientific, researchers manner whereas she journals her memories to someday write of her own adventures.Her letters home portray the “sunshine not the shadows” of her journey, leaving her family to worry about “between the lines.”Jane writes what is real—the difficulty of supporting a husband who thinks only of his next dream, even if he leaves his wife behind in a dust bowl. She illustrates the principle “stand by your man.”I found myself underlining and highlighting many gems of wisdom about people as Dell considered her own thoughts and how to support her husband.Although normally I wouldn’t choose a memoir to read, and this is a fiction version of one, I found this book a refreshing change from the strong independent women that grace the current shelves of Historical Romance. Yes, Dell was strong. Yes, she longed for a purpose beyond her husband’s successes, but her longing centered on woman’s core make-up: to nurture and make a home.The memoir style also made it hard to feel the action, almost like I was detached, since Dell was writing about it in past tense. So the action seemed slow, if that makes sense.An example of true support when all was at stake and nothing personal was gained.Good read.Thank you.